Hello everyone on Lactnet!

This is my first post, tho I've been lurking for a while. The dynamics of
this net are facinating! My name is Joan, wife of Robin, mother of
exclusively breastfed Kyla (7 1/2), Connor (4 3/4) and twins - names yet
unknown - due 15 May 98. I am an RN (BScN) who works full time as a Clinical
Resourse Nurse in Labour and Delivery at a tertiary care Maternity hospital
in Nova Scotia (Canada) that records about 5500 deliveries a year. (Believe
it or not we actually work on a Family Centered Care model and provide
one-to-one nursing for families in active labour!) Currently, as a side
line, I'm involved in data analysis of a survey type study about the post
birth needs of families, which brings me to the point of my post. I've been
noticing the thread about formula marketing, and have noticed that an awful
lot of the mums in the study have switched their baby from the S-----c that
my hospital (about 25% of our moms leave hospital formula feeding) uses to
C-------- 'Best' S---t - usually at their physicians recommendation! Guess
the marketing is working, eh! Too bad so few of them realize that the only
'best start' or even good start is breast milk!!!!!!!

Back to lurking!
Joan MacNeil ([log in to unmask])